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Arttott  of  tljr  JlrrBbtjtmatt 
Hoarb  of  iFomgtt  UtiaatottB, 
April  3, 


“7/  was  voted  to  instruct  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Board  to  open  a 
fund  to  he  known  as  the  Latin 
American  Development  Fund, 
that  a special  effort  be  made  to  raise 
a sum  of  $100,000  gold , for  this 
fund,  to  be  devoted  to  the  develop- 
ment of  the  work  °f  the  Missions  of 
our  Church  in  Latin  America,  in- 
cluding therein  the  Philippine  Is- 
lands, and  especially  to  the  direct 
evangelistic  work  and  the  provision 
of  native  evangelists  and  preachers. 
The  interest  which  the  Panama 
Congress  on  Christian  Work  in 
Latin  America  has  awakened,  and 
the  duty  which  it  has  revealed,  the 
inadequate  number  of  missionaries  in 
these  fields,  the  hopeful  and  am- 
bitious spirit  of  the  Latin  American 


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peoples  and  their  welcome  of  all 
friendly  influences  which  are  apt  to 
aid  them  in  dealing  with  their  great 
problems,  the  wide-spread  religious 
dissatisfaction  and  the  increase  oj 
intellectual  doubt  and  unbelief,  the 
growing  intimacy  of  intercourse  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  Latin 
America,  and  the  vital  necessity  of 
making  this  intercourse  morally 
sympathetic,  and  of  binding  the 
American  nations  together  in  the 
faith  of  the  Christianity  of  the  New 
Testament,  the  manifest  danger  and 
failure  of  international  relations  gov- 
erned by  principles  of  selfishness  and 
distrust,  and  above  all  the  claims  of 
neighborliness  and  brotherhood  and 
the  need  of  human  souls  everywhere 
for  the  Living  Christ — all  combine 
to  summon  the  churches  to  a more 
earnest  and  sympathetic  support  of 
the  Missions  and  of  the  national 
evangelical  churches  in  Latin 
America 


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$1011,000 

Jfnr  Satin  Auunira 

HE  action  of  the  Board 
on  April  3rd  was  taken 
after  careful  considera- 
i tion  of  the  pressing 
needs  of  Latin  America. 

Today  is  the  day  of  opportunity 
in  Latin  America.  The  Church  in 
North  America  has  been  slow  to 
recognize  the  obligation  it  owes  to 
the  peoples  of  Latin  America  who 
are  without  any  adequate  knowledge 
of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ.  The 
claims  of  Latin  America  have  been 
over-shadowed  by  the  colossal  needs 
of  Asia  and  Africa.  The  Pan-Amer- 
ican Scientific  Congress,  the  Eco- 
nomic Congresses,  the  Panama  Con- 
gress on  Christian  Work,  the  Re- 
gional Congresses,  the  visits  of 
prominent  Americans  representing 
the  economic,  the  social,  the  polit- 
ical, as  well  as  the  religious  life  of 


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the  Nation,  have  brought  into  clearer 
light  the  great  needs  and  the  won- 
drous possibilities  of  Latin  America. 
The  literature  now  issuing  from  the 
press  in  such  large  quantities  on 
Latin  America  evidences  the  deep- 
ening interest  in  these  Republics  so 
closely  akin  to  our  own  great  nation 
in  form  of  government,  in  ideals,  in 
hopes,  in  aspirations.  The  Church 
in  North  America  owes  a debt  to 
Latin  America  which  it  has  never 
paid. 

The  action  of  the  Board  of  For- 
eign Missions  in  authorizing  the  rais- 
ing of  a special  fund  of  $100,000 
for  Latin  America  has  already  met 
with  favorable  reception  in  many 
parts  of  the  country. 

The  Latin  American  Missions  of 
the  Board  are  in  Mexico,  in 
Guatemala,  in  Venezuela,  in  Colom- 
bia, in  Chile,  in  Brazil  and  in  the 
Philippines.  The  specific  needs 
asked  for  by  the  Missions,  and 
approved  by  the  Board,  as  urgent 
and  pressing  are  as  follows: 


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Sraztl 


$25,000 

CURITYBA  — Building  for  the 
American  School $10,000* 

The  land  for  the  school  has  been 
acquired,  and  some  funds  are  in 
hand  toward  building,  but  the 
amount  named  is  needed  in  order  to 
complete  the  undertaking.  The 
school  is  in  the  capital  of  one  of  the 
great  southern  states.  It  has  be- 
tween 400  and  500  pupils,  half  boys 
and  half  girls.  A dozen  nationalities 
attend  the  school. 

CASTRO — Buildings  and  Equip- 
ment for  the  Christian  Institute  of 
Practical  Arts  $3,000 

This  new  co-educational  school 
owns  600  acres  of  good  farm  land 
upon  which  the  students  have  erect- 
ed a substantial  brick  building  and 
several  small  frame  structures. 
Training  is  given  in  agriculture,  vari- 
ous trades  and  domestic  science. 
The  practical  work  is  done  entirely 
♦Already  provided. 


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CHRISTfAN  INSTITUTE  OF  FINE  ARTS”  CASTRO,  BRAZIL 


by  students,  the  atmosphere  is  dis- 
tinctly Christian  and  the  keynote  is 
service.  The  plant  is  quite  inade- 
quate for  even  the  present  enroll- 
ment and  the  modest  sum  asked  for 
will  help  the  school  to  equip  Chris- 
tian leaders  of  a type  that  our  great 
sister  republic  needs  and  desires. 

PONTE  NOVA — Agricultural  and 
Industrial  School  $3,000  (estima- 
ted) 

The  Ponte  Nova  School,  like  the 
school  at  Castro,  needs  a larger 
equipment  of  stock  and  agricultural 
implements  and  buildings.  The 
Ponte  Nova  school  owns  some  4600 
acres,  500  of  it  in  pasture,  the 
rest  in  forest,  and  it  needs  many 
miles  of  wire  fencing  to  protect  its 
pasture  lands.  In  both  these  schools 
the  boys  built  many  of  the  buildings 
by  their  own  labor  and  the  boys  and 
girls  together  do  all  the  work.  In 
no  way  can  we  help  Brazil  better 
than  by  training  in  such  institutions 
the  young  men  and  women  who  will 
be  the  Christian  leaders  of  their 
communities. 


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Bahia  School. — Many  years  ago 
the  Board  had  a school  in  Bahia 
which  wielded  great  influence,  but 
the  transfer  of  missionaries  to  other 
parts  of  the  country  led  to  its  dis- 
continuance. It  is  hoped  in  the  not 
distant  future  to  reopen  it.  Bahia 
is  one  of  the  oldest  cities  of  Brazil, 
and  more  deeply  marked  than  any 
other  city  with  the  strain  of  African 
blood.  It  is  the  port  city  of  a vast 
interior  region,  and  the  influence  of 
a strong  Christian  school  will  be  felt 
far  into  the  interior. 

Expansion  of  the  Work  of  Edu- 
cation and  the  Provision  of  Christian 
Literature. 

For  this  work  and  the  school  in 
Bahia  at  least  $9,000  is  needed. 


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(EliUe 

$15,000 

The  Union  Theological  Seminary  at 
Santiago  $6,000 

The  Presbyterian  and  Methodist 
Churches  have  a Union  Theological 
Seminary  at  Santiago.  This  Union 
Movement,  while  as  yet  in  its  begin- 
nings, has  proved  a success.  At 
Panama  and  at  all  the  Regional  Con- 
gresses the  one  slogan  sounded  clear 
and  loud  was  the  need  of  trained 
men  and  women  in  order  to  provide 
a strong  native  leadership.  In  order 
to  increase  efficiency  and  produce 
the  largest  results  Union  Institutions 
were  recommended.  The  crying 
need  of  the  Union  Seminary  at  San- 
tiago is  for  a home  for  the  students. 
Such  a home  can  be  secured  for  an 
expense  not  exceeding  $12,000. 
The  Methodist  Church  is  willing  to 
take  its  half  of  the  burden.  It  is 
incumbent  upon  the  Presbyterian 
Church  to  raise  $6,000  at  once  for 
this  most  worthy  institution.  Santi- 


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ago  is  a City  of  500,000.  It  is  the 
place  for  the  Union  Seminary.  It 
affords  ample  opportunity  for  the 
young  men  to  do  evangelistic  work, 
and  the  other  educational  institu- 
tions there  furnish  splendid  oppor- 
tunities for  any  extra  studies  which 
may  be  required.  This  home  should 
be  purchased  immediately. 

TALTAL — House  for  Missionary 
30,000  Pesos — $6,300  Gold* 

In  the  requests  from  the  Chile 
Mission  this  year  there  is  a state- 
ment of  the  need  for  a missionary’s 
house  at  Taltal.  This  need  arises 
from  the  fact  that  the  Chile  Mission 
has  voted  to  make  Taltal  the  resi- 
dence of  the  missionary  in  charge  of 
its  northern  field.  It  is  more  central 
and  represents  a more  strategic  lo- 
cality than  in  Copiapo.  In  this  busy 
port  city  houses  are  hard  to  secure 
and  rents  are  high.  A residence 
there  will  not  only  make  the  man 
in  charge  more  comfortable  but  it 

*$500  alre'ady  provided. 


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will  also  enable  him  to  do  more  for 
the  work.  If  he  has  a home  of  such 
a kind,  he  can  make  it  the  centre  of 
church  activity.  At  the  present  time 
a high  rent  would  be  saved.  Back 
of  Taltal  in  the  interior  is  a vast 
pampa  where  a large  number  of 
companies  are  taking  out  salt-petre. 
They  are  all  ready  to  help  in  the 
work  and  the  Mission  feels  that  with 
the  missionary  in  Taltal  and  a native 
worker  to  visit  the  mining  camps  its 
influence  can  be  greatly  extended. 
The  Mission  also  would  like  to  open 
a school  in  Taltal  and  it  may  be  pos- 
sible to  combine  residence  and 
school  house  in  such  a way  that  the 
work  would  be  greatly  advanced. 

Retools  anti  Cftapete 

VINA  DEL  MAR— 

$1,000  Gold 

Hitherto  the  two  day  schools  in 
the  suburbs  of  Vina  del  Mar,  which 
is  an  outstation  of  Valparaiso,  have 
been  held  in  the  chapels,  but  this  can 
no  longer  be  done  because  of  the 


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great  success  of  the  schools.  There 
must  be  a separate  building  which 
can  be  used  both  for  the  day  schools 
and  for  social  meetings.  The  people 
have  promised  to  give  toward  the 
building  both  material  and  labor,  but 
this  must  be  supplemented  by  a 
grant  from  the  Board.  $1000  Gold 
given  to  strengthen  this  work  and 
meet  this  need  would  be  money  well 
invested. 

VALLE  HERMOSO  — (Beautiful 
Valley)  $500  Gold 

There  are  some  two  thousand 
people  in  this  village,  and  we  have 
sent  a native  pastor  to  work  there 
and  in  La  Ligua,  a village  just  across 
the  river.  A chapel  would  give 
prestige  to  our  work  and  at  the  same 
time  would  assure  us  a permanent 
place  for  our  services.  It  would  also 
encourage  the  people  of  the  village 
who  have  accepted  the  Gospel. 
$500,  together  with  contributions  on 
the  field,  will  put  up  a very  substan- 
tial and  comfortable  chapel.  This 


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ROOM  WHERE  SERVICES  WERE  FIRST  HELD  IN  A SMALL  COUNTRY  VILLAGE  CALLED 
("VALLE  HERMOSO”  THE  BEAUTIFUL  VALLEY). 


work  is  the  beginning  of  what  Chile 
needs  most,  the  evangelization  of 
the  villages  and  rural  populations. 
Within  easy  reaching  distance  there 
are  five  or  six  other  villages  and 
small  towns  that  are  to  be  visited  by 
the  native  pastor. 

Cfjurci)  anb  Cfjapete  tn  Chilian 
anb  i^anttago 

CHILLAN $500  Gold 

With  a grant  from  the  Kennedy 
bequest  the  Mission  attempted  to 
build  the  new  church  at  Chilian.  It 
was  not  sufficient  and  there  is  still 
need  of  $500  Gold  to  complete  the 
payment  on  the  handsome  brick 
building  well  located  and  equipped 
which  commands  the  respect  of  the 
people  of  the  town.  The  congrega- 
tion is  doing  its  best  but  street  im- 
provements have  just  absorbed  their 
money  saved  for  the  building  fund. 
Here  is  a chance  for  someone  to  help 
lift  a load. 


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SANTIAGO— Chapels,  $1000  Gold 

Very  soon  the  Mission  hopes  to 
be  able  to  make  a very  much  more 
aggressive  evangelistic  campaign  in 
Santiago.  The  experience  in  Val- 
paraiso where  we  have  not  been  de- 
pendent on  chapels  that  were  rented 
for  short  periods  of  time  and  could 
be  taken  from  us  at  a month’s  notice, 
has  shown  us  that  if  we  want  a 
permanent  work  we  must  have  our 
own  chapels.  In  Santiago  we  have 
two  lots,  one  of  which  has  a small 
building  already  and  the  plan  is  to 
enlarge  this  building  into  a large 
chapel  and  build  another  on  the  un- 
occupied lot.  These  buildings  will 
be  located  in  districts  where  we  now 
have  work  established  and  in  a short 
time  we  may  hope  to  see  the  groups 
organized  into  churches. 

As  we  increase  the  number  of 
students  in  the  theological  seminary 
we  need  more  chapels  for  them  to 
take  charge  of. 


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(Eolmnbia 

The  needs  of  the  Colombia  Mis- 
sion are  so  many  and  so  varied  that 
it  is  not  easy  to  make  out  a list  that 
can  be  kept  within  the  limits  of 
$10,000.  Among  the  most  pressing 
needs  are  the  following: 

1 . Alterations  and  repairs  on  the 

Boys’  School  Property  at 
Bogata  $600 

2.  Alterations  and  repairs  on  the 
Girls’  School  at  Bogata  $400 

These  are  comparatively  small 
sums,  but  they  represent  large  needs, 
for  the  buildings  are  old  ones  which 
have  been  in  use  for  many  years  and 
which  imperatively  require  not  only 
some  repairs,  but  some  improve- 
ments, in  order  to  make  them  sani- 
tary and  adapted  to  the  present  work 
of  these  important  institutions. 

3.  Training  Department  for 

Colombian  Ministers  and 
Evangelists  $5000 

The  most  serious  defect  of  our 
missionary  work  in  Colombia  is  the 
lack  of  a native  ministry.  We  must 
have  such  a ministry  if  the  work  is  to 
prosper,  but  we  have  no  facilities  for 
training  them.  Our  Boys’  Schools 


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SOME  MEMBERS  OF  THE  BOGOTA  GIRLS’  SCHOOL  AT  CLOSE  OF  1911.  THE  GIRL  GRADUATE 


at  Bogata  and  Barranquilla  are  de- 
signed to  give  the  ordinary  courses 
in  Grammar  and  High  School 
grades,  but  they  have  no  facilities  for 
training  the  young  men  who,  after 
completing  these  courses,  need  spe- 
cial preparation  for  evangelistic 
work.  $5,000  are  needed  to  add 
such  a department. 

4.  Residence  in  Bucaramanga 

$4000 

One  residence  has  now  been  pro- 
vided for  this  important  city,  where 
we  have  had  only  one  family  whose 
members  have  suffered  grievously 
for  want  of  a suitable  habitation. 
The  need  of  that  family  has  now 
been  met,  but  a second  family  should 
be  sent  to  the  Station  and  there  is  no 
place  for  that  family  to  live,  as  ex- 
perience has  shown  that  it  is  perfect- 
ly impossible  to  rent  a house  in 
which  missionaries  can  be  decently 
comfortable. 

These  are  only  a part  of  the  urg- 
ent property  needs  and  they  allow 
nothing  for  a Training  School  for 
Christian  workers  which  is  a prime 
necessity,  or  for  the  enlargement  of 
the  evangelistic  work  and  the  annual 
budget  of  the  schools. 


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(Guatemala 

Boys’  Boarding  School.  . . .$10,000 

Among  all  the  countries  in  Latin 
America,  only  Brazil,  Mexico  and 
Argentine  have  a greater  population 
than  has  Central  America,  and 
among  these  six  million  people  in 
Central  America  the  great  Presby- 
terian Church  has  not  a single 
school  of  any  kind  for  boys  and  no 
Bible  School  or  Training  School  for 
Christian  Workers.  We  have  one 
hundred  places  open  to  us  and  ask- 
ing for  some  one  to  show  them  the 
Word  and  Way  of  life,  and  not  a 
single  place  in  the  realm  of  Presby- 
terian responsibility  is  properly 
cared  for.  By  going  into  this  work 
aright,  it  would  be  but  a short  time 
till  hundreds  of  other  places  would 
be  opened. 

Several  years  ago  a friend  of  Mis- 
sions who  visited  Guatemala  and 
finding  there  what  he  described  as  a 
“gem  of  a missionary  proposition” 
became  so  vitally  interested  that  he 


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VIEW  OF  GUATEMALA  CITY. 


has  now  purchased  in  Guatemala 
City  a large  acreage  of  land  in  a 
most  desirable  part  of  the  city,  which 
he  is  holding  subject  to  the  Board’s 
need  of  it  to  build  a boys’  boarding 
school.  As  soon  as  the  Board  can 
raise  the  funds  to  begin  the  school 
this  land  will  be  put  at  its  disposal. 
The  question  of  paying  for  the  land 
does  not  have  to  be  faced  at  the 
present  moment.  The  total  cost  of 
the  school,  including  the  land,  should 
be  $20,000,  but  $10,000  will  enable 
a beginning  to  be  made.  The  vital 
relation  of  this  boys’  school  to  the 
work  of  the  Mission  is  revealed  when 
one  remembers  that  in  a land  like 
Guatemala  the  Christian  leaders  must 
be  trained  up  from  the  earliest  boy- 
hood, and  it  is  therefore  important 
that  the  missionary  influence  be 
thrown  around  them  in  their  earliest 
years.  They  live  in  an  environment 
of  such  laxity  of  morals  that  unless 
the  Mission  has  some  such  boarding 
school  it  is  almost  impossible  for  it 
to  guard  the  lives  of  its  future  lead- 


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ers.  It  is  also  hoped  that  in  connec- 
tion with  this  school,  provision  can 
be  made  for  a school  in  Christian 
training  for  the  native  workers  now 
connected  with  the  Mission.  The  re- 
ports from  Guatemala  indicate  a 
growing  interest  on  the  part  of  the 
people  in  the  preaching  of  the  Gos- 
pel, and  the  next  few  years  must  not 
be  allowed  to  come  upon  us  unpre- 
pared; Particularly  must  the  Indian 
work  in  the  mountain  districts  be 
supervised  and  shepherded.  This 
can  best  be  taken  care  of  by  native 
ministers.  Hence  the  need  of  a place 
to  train  them.  A contribution  for 
this  boys’  school  will  be  a contribu- 
tion made  at  a crucial  point  in  the 
work. 


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iMi’Xtrn 


$20,000 

The  Mexican  situation  from  the 
missionary  point  of  view  is  most 
hopeful,  for  while  Civil  War  has  been 
raging  for  many  years  and  there  has 
been  great  destruction  of  property 
and  of  life,  no  property  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Board  in  Mexico  has  been 
destroyed.  The  Mission  is  in  favor 
with  the  existing  Government,  and 
with  the  people.  Not  a pane  of  glass 
has  been  broken  in  any  of  the  mis- 
sion schools  or  churches.  The  Girls’ 
Boarding  School  at  San  Angel  has 
eighty  pupils.  It  is  flourishing.  The 
Boys’  School  at  Coyoacan  is  doing 
well  under  native  management. 
Most  of  the  former  students — the 
school  has  been  closed  for  two  years 
— are  either  in  the  army  or  in  some 
government  position.  If  the  institu- 
tion had  funds  to  take  care  of  the 
poor  boys  and  orphans  with  which 
the  country  is  filled,  and  who  need 
education  but  cannot  pay  tuition, 
hundreds  could  be  enrolled  at  once. 


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SOME  COYOACAN  STUDENTS,  MEXICO. 


There  is  a flourishing  day-school 
at  Vera  Cruz.  As  soon  as  proper 
buildings  and  equipment  can  be  se- 
cured, a large  school  will  be  opened 
at  Merida,  Yucatan. 

Even  in  the  midst  of  the  turmoil 
and  discontent  and  unrest,  and 
misery  and  poverty  caused  by  the 
civil  strife,  the  people  are  crowding 
the  services  of  the  churches  largely 
conducted  by  native  evangelists,  and 
the  number  of  the  pupils  in  the  vari- 
ous schools  is  only  limited  by  the 
capacity  of  the  building  and  the 
number  of  teachers  available. 

The  Board  has  authorized  $20,000 
for  meeting  pressing  needs  in 
Mexico. 

THE  NEEDS 

A new  residence  for  missionary  at 
Progresso  $3,000  gold 

Equipment  and  supplies  for  High 
School,  Merida.  .$5,000  gold 

Equipment  and  supplies  for  High 
School,  Chiapas.  .$4,500  gold 


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Chiapas  is  the  new  territory  as- 
signed to  our  Board,  the  field  is  most 
promising. 

Property  for  the  school  in  Merida, 
a site  has  been  selected 

$1,500  gold 

Church  at  Vera  Cruz,  $3,000  gold 

At  least  three  new  Missionaries, 
$1,000  each $3,000 

The  above  amounts  are  needed  at 
once.  In  the  very  near  future  large 
additional  sums  will  be  required,  for 
reinforcements,  residences  and  edu- 
cational institutions. 


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JlflUtpptttPH 

$10,000 

MANILA — Rebuilding  of  Kitchen 
wing  of  the  Union  Theological 
Seminary  of  The  Philippines 

$2,500 

The  building  referred  to  is  one  of 
the  original  buildings  of  the  Ellin- 
wood  School  erected  in  memory  of 
the  Rev.  Frank  F.  Fllinwood,  D.  D., 
FL.  D.,  so  long  an  honored  and  be- 
loved Secretary  of  the  Board.  The 
Rev.  Dr.  George  William  Wright 
says: 

“We  earnestly  trust  the  $2,500 
may  be  granted  and  our  second 
dormitory  building  be  put  into  ten- 
able shape.  It  is  a matter  of  proper 
plumbing  and  sanitation.  We  have 
patched  up  our  baths  and  toilet  wing 
on  the  second  building  and  are  hold- 
ing it  up  by  supports,  but  we  need  its 
reconstruction  just  as  we  needed  the 
reconstruction  of  the  corresponding 
wing  of  the  first  building.” 


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MANILA  STATION  — Residence, 
including  land $7,000  gold 

Additional  residences  are  urgently 
needed  in  Manila.  We  have  a large 
and  growing  work  in  this  great  and 
rapidly  developing  strategic  city, 
which  is  not  only  the  capital  and 
metropolis  of  the  Philippine  Archi- 
pelago but  one  of  the  influential 
centers  of  the  Far  East.  Our  mis- 
sionaries find  great  difficulty  renting 
suitable  houses  and  when  they  do 
find  them  they  must  pay  an  extrav- 
agantly high  rent.  The  property 
now  proposed  is  adjacent  to  our 
present  homes  and  is  imperatively 
needed. 

LAGUNA  STATION— To  furnish 
and  equip  the  Student  Chapel  at 
the  College  of  Agriculture  at  Los 
Banos $500  gold 

This  chapel  represents  the  only 
Christian  work  that  is  done  for  the 
large  student  body  of  this  important 
institution.  The  young  men  are 
away  from  their  homes,  and  as  the 


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institution  is  a Government  one,  it 
is,  of  course,  wholly  secular  in 
character.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  R. 
Hamilton  is  doing  a very  promising 
Christian  work  among  these  students. 
A good  site  has  been  secured  and  a 
suitable  building  costing  $5,000  will 
be  completed  in  January;  but  there 
is  no  money  for  the  necessary  furn- 
iture, books,  periodicals,  lights,  etc. 
The  unexpected  rise  in  the  cost  of 
building  materials  has  made  it  im- 
possible to  secure  these  things  within 
the  modest  sum  available  for  the 
building. 


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$10,000 

CARACAS — Residences  for  Mis- 
sionaries   $8,000* 

For  several  years  the  Station  at 
Caracas,  Venezuela,  has  felt  the  need 
of  owning  the  houses  in  which  the 
missionaries  live,  rents  being  so  high 
as  to  be  a great  extravagance  and 
needless  expense  to  the  Board. 

More  than  a year  ago  the  Board 
appropriated  to  Caracas  a sum  with 
which  property  was  to  be  bought 
near  the  church,  owned  by  the 
Board,  as  soon  as  possible.  Up  to 
the  present  time  it  has  been  impos- 
sible to  buy  an  inch  of  ground  or  any 
kind  of  house,  but  suddenly  this  past 
Summer  a good  sized  lot,  not  quite 
two  blocks  from  the  church  and  in 
the  very  center  of  the  city,  was  of- 
fered for  sale,  and  our  missionaries 
at  once  asked  the  refusal  of  it.  On 
the  lot  is  a two-family  house,  so 

*The  Women’s  Board  of  Philadelphia  has 
undertaken  to  contribute  $3,000  of  this  amount 
an'd  the  Women’s  Board  of  New  York  the 
remaining  $5,000. 


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MISSION  HOUSE,  CARACAS,  VENEZUELA. 


large,  that  without  much  alteration 
it  could  be  made  comfortable  for 
three  families  or  could  be  used  as  a 
boarding  school,  there  being  ample 
room  on  the  lot  to  build  one  or  more 
additional  houses  which  could  be 
used  as  missionary  residences.  The 
present  house  is  in  excellent  repair, 
only  needing  a little  painting  and 
papering.  $8,000  is  needed  in  addi- 
tion to  the  money  already  provided 
by  the  Board,  to  buy  this  house  and 
lot. 

One  New  Missionary $1,000 

Educational  and  Evangelistic  Work 

$1,000 

This  work,  so  important  to  the 
success  of  our  missionary  enterprise 
in  Caracas,  has  been  seriously  crip- 
pled for  lack  of  funds. 


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